dritten Mal
Translation
for the third time
Examples
Ich frage dich zum dritten Mal.
I'm asking you for the third time.
Er hat die Prüfung beim dritten Mal bestanden.
He passed the exam on the third try.
Grammar Patterns
zum dritten Mal to do sth. for the third time I'm seeing the film for the third time.
Similar Words
zum wiederholten Mal (for the repeated time); Antonyms: zum ersten Mal (for the first time)
Etymology
Composed of 'dritten', the dative case of the ordinal number 'dritte' (third), and 'Mal' (time, occasion).
Memory Tips
Often used with 'zum' as in 'zum dritten Mal'. Think of 'three' + 'Mal' (like a mark/time). This is the third mark on the timeline.